"FDA Tests Lipsticks, Finds Lead in All"
"Tests conducted by the FDA last year on 22 red lipsticks found lead, a neurotoxin, in every single lipstick sample studied."
Source: Cox Newspapers, 05/26/2010
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EPA Bars Texas from Issuing Refinery Permit
"The Environmental Protection Agency moved Tuesday to end a long-running dispute with Texas over how the state regulates emissions, including cancer-causing toxins such as benzene and butadiene, from dozens of refineries that produce a third of the nation's gasoline and billions of dollars of petrochemicals."
Source: AP, 05/26/2010
"Gulf Well 'Shouted' Warnings for Hours Before BP Rig Explosion"
"The crew of the Deepwater Horizon had a number of warning signs extending over five hours that conditions were worsening deep underwater before the oilrig exploded in the Gulf on April 20, BP's own investigators told a House inquiry into the cause of the deadly accident."
Source: McClatchy, 05/26/2010
IG Finds Fraternizing, Porn, at MMS Office in La.
"Federal officials who oversaw drilling in the Gulf of Mexico accepted gifts from oil companies, viewed pornography at work and even considered themselves part of industry, the Interior Department inspector general says in a new report." The House Natural Resources will grill Interior Sec. Salazar on the report this morning at 10 am EDT.
Source: Greenwire, 05/26/2010
"BP Ready To Go for 'Top Kill' To Try To Plug Oil Well"
"The most critical moment in the oil spill crisis in the Gulf of Mexico is at hand, as BP engineers armed with 50,000 barrels of dense mud and a fleet of robotic submarines are poised to attempt a 'top kill' maneuver to plug the gushing well a mile below the surface."
Source: Wash Post, 05/26/2010
The Daily Glob: Post-Gulf Oil Spill Research Programs
Still covering aspects of the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill? SEJ's tracker blog The Daily Glob has compiled a list of important Gulf-related research programs: institutes, academic programs, and labs working on marine science, gulf ecology, oil spill response and recovery, coastal ecosystems, wetlands, and more.
"Glitzy Google Gathering Launches Green-Product Institute"
"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) was joined by executives from Google Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., YouTube LLC, and designer chairmaker Herman Miller Inc. yesterday to launch a nonprofit group created to help scrub hazardous chemicals from consumer products."
Source: Greenwire, 05/25/2010
"Feds To Put Price on Canada's Nature"
"A unique research project at Environment Canada could soon offer a new perspective for Canadians on conservation and its economic value, says a director in the federal department."
Source: Canwest, 05/25/2010
"EPA Pressures BP To Reduce Toxic Dispersant"
"Under increasing pressure from the federal government, oil giant BP is agreeing to reduce the amount of a chemical dispersant it is using in the Gulf of Mexico."
Source: NPR, 05/25/2010
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